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Sales Coordinator, Business Events Canada

Destination Canada is looking for a Sales Coordinator to join our Business Events Canada (BEC) team.

As part of the BEC team, you will help generate international business for Canada in the highly competitive meetings, conventions and incentive travel sector.

Your skill set includes a solid background in event or meeting management and experience providing administrative support in a team setting. Your effective interpersonal abilities will help you to collaborate with internal stakeholders and build alliances with third parties. You are creative, computer savvy, and can juggle multiple priorities.

Organization is your key to success, and you are ready to leap into a role that strengthens not only the BEC team but also our global vision: compelling the world to explore Canada.

Reporting to the Executive Director, BEC (the “ED”), the incumbent works in tandem with the in-market sales team in the United States and the General Sales Representative in Europe to provide tactical support to drive incremental meetings, conventions and partnerships to Canada.

The role is the chief contact for in-market team members to liaise with HQ departments, such as Procurement, Finance, E-Marketing, Translation and Creative Services in order to ensure all procurement policies and processes are followed. In this support role, the Sales Coordinator will aid in event production, including functions from sourcing venues to creating themes/creative to driving attendance from partners and clients. The position involves considerable data entry ensuring BEC’s CRM system is up-to-date and comprehensive.

The Sales Coordinator will help activate the Canada. Keep Exploring brand and shape stakeholder perception and engagement through BEC’s world class programming.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Post-secondary specialized training (courses or a two year college program), in administration, events management, tourism or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.

Experience: When applying, the candidate must clearly demonstrate in writing how they meet the following experience criteria:

Minimum of 2 y experience in event or meeting management, preferably at a hotel or convention centre

Experience in an administrative assistant role

Experience in supporting multiple individuals

Experience in using CRM systems/databases

Experience in writing, editing and posting content on social media for an organization

Knowledge :

Knowledge of meeting industry trends, the international economic situation and trends and related challenges and opportunities

Knowledge of project management and consultation techniques

Understanding and application of a company’s strategic principles for plans and activities

Knowledge of the tourism sector, including domestic and international trends, competitiveness, opportunities, risks and associated business climate would be an asset

Abilities:

Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities

Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written with an excellent ability to write well in a modern and dynamic style

Security: A Reliability Status or a Security Clearance may be required.

Entitlement to work in Canada: You must certify in your application that you are legally entitled to work in Canada or have the ability to obtain the necessary approvals to work in Canada. Destination Canada reserves the right to require that you provide proof of your legal entitlement to work in Canada at any time.Please note that Destination Canada will not be providing relocation assistance.

Note:You must be able to provide proof of your education credentials if requested. When applying, candidates must clearly demonstrate in writing that they meet the above-mentioned education and experience criteria.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Candidates are asked to indicate their first official language as well as their preferred official language in their application.

This competition may be used to staff similar positions.

Send your application to:
Destination Canada.

If your skills and experience are a match for the above, please email your resume in MS Word format or PDF file to hr [at] destinationcanada [dot] com. Please specify the competition number
(2016-CTC-US-513) in the subject line.

We thank all those interested for their time and care in submitting applications but regret that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by the employer.

No phone calls or emails, please.

Please note that Destination Canada’s pension and benefit plans are completely separate from the federal public service. In general, candidates cannot transfer their pension and their service from the public service to Destination Canada.

Destination Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the staffing official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.